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F. SGHRAUDNER.

` MEAT RAGK.

No. 478,025. Patented June Y28, 1892.

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TO GUSTAVUS A. V. BRECHT, OF SAME PLACE.

IVI EAT-RACK.

SPECIFICATIONformng part of" Letters Patent No. 478,025, dated June 28, 1892. Appiimionincdfrebmry20,1892. Seriana. 422,231. (roman.)

To all whom it may oon/cern:

Be it known that LFREDERIOK SOHRAUD- NER, of the city OfSt. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful,

Improvements in Meat-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-y tion, reference being had to the accompany- Ing drawings forming a part hereof.

My Invention relates to improvements in xo meat-hooks; and it consists in the novel ar; rangement and combination of partsas will be more fully hereinafterdescribed, and des ignated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective? l5 view of a meat-rack having my hook applied= thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective .View of the hook. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the; washer which I employ for locking the hooky Fig; 4 is a vertical- 2o transverse section of a metallic rail havingl Fig. 5 is a. rear view of the same, showing the washerin to the rails of the rack.

my invention applied thereto.

a locked position against the rail. Fig. G is a vertical transverse section through a wooden rail having my invention applied thereto, but somewhat modified; and Fig. 7 is a plan View of the washer which I employ, with the construction of hook as shown in Fig. 6.

The Object of my invention is to construct 3o a neat and attractive meat-hook which can be easily attached and detached from the' rails of the rack when so desired.

By the use of my invention the said hooks can be detached from said rails of the rack, and there is nothingto prevent the perfect cleansing of the said bars or rails ofthe rack. My invention is also especially adapted for shipping, in which instance the Yhooksare detached from the rails of the rack and packed 4o in a separate boX and are afterward attached to the rack when the same is set up for use. Referring to the drawings, l represents a meat-rack, which is of the usual construction, and is provided with four horizontal rails 2, which are adapted to .support and holdthe hooks, to be hereinafter described. Said rails 2 are each provided with a series Ofsquare openings 3, which are arranged at predetermined distances apart and are adapted to re- 5o ceive the hooks in a manner as hereinafter described. i

4 represents the meat-hook, which is provided with an'enlargement 5, the rear surface of which is fiat, as shown at 6, which surface comes in' contact with the outer surface of the 5 5 rails 2.

7 represents the hook proper, which is of the ordinary construction, for holding the meat upon the rack. The enlarged portion 5 of the hook terminates at its lower end into 6o a heel 8, which is adapted to come in contact with-the rail of the rack and is intended to give more strength to the hook.

9 represents a square shank, which is preferably formed integrally with the hook and projects therefrom in a horizontal direction, as best shown in Figs..2 and 4 of the drawings. The said shank 9 projects from the rear surface 6 of the hook,and isasuitable distance from the heel 8 of the same. The said shank 7o is provided with a gradually-decreased portion-10, and leading from said decreased portion is a T-shaped extension 1l, the lateral extensions 12 of which come in contact with a suitable Washer, as hereinafter described.

The inner surfaces 13 of the extensions 12 are each beveled in the same direction, as shown at 13, the surface of which corresponds to the outer Surface of the washer for locking the hook to the rails of the rack. 8o.

. 14 represents the washer, which is circular in plan and is formed by casting the same or in any other Suitable manner.

15 represents a fiat circular surface formed On the said washer, the diameter of which is Somewhat smaller than the size of the Washer and is formed at an incline, as better shown in Fig. 4.

15 represents the incline formed on said washer, andformed in'said portion of the 9o washer is a T-shaped opening 16, the horizontal portion of which is of such a size as to ad- I mit the T-shaped extension 1l of the hook to be easily inserted through the same. The vertical portion 17 of said opening is of such 95 a Width as to prevent the said Washer from turning when the same is attached to the hook in a manner, as shown in Fig. 4, or,"inp 'other words, the width of ysaid openingis a little Wider than the portion 18 of said hook. The roo said washer 14 is provided with two solid extensions 19, which are oppositely located and provide surfaces to be struck by a hammer for locking or releasing the Washer from the hook. In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a modiiicationof my invention, in which I have shown the hook attached to a wooden rail, and as said rail is much thicker, owing to the material employed, the shank 9 is somewhat elongated to accommodate itself to the rail, but

otherwise the construction of the said shank is substantially the same. In this instance I employ an elliptical Washer, which Will give more bearing-surface against the surface of the rail. The remaining construction is substantially the same as that illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5.

In applying my invention to the rails of the rack the shank 9 of the hook is rst inserted into one of the square openings 3, formed in the said rails in the position as shown in Fig. 4, after which the washer isl applied in a manner as I shall now proceed to describe. After the hook has been applied to the rail, as above stated, the T-shaped eX- tension 1I being in the position shown in Fig. 5, the washer 14 can be easily inserted in its proper position for locking the hook by passing the shank of the hook through the horizontal portion of the opening 16, formed in the Washer, after which the said Washer is lowered, as shown in Fig. 5, causing the beveled surfaces 13 of the T-shaped extension 1I of the hook to'come in contact With` the inclined flat surface l5, formed on said washer, locking and clamping the said hooks to the rails of the rack.

In removing the hook from the rails of theA rack the operation, as above described, will be merely reversed, elevating the washer 14 until the T-shaped extension l1 registers with the horizontal portion of the opening I6 of the washer, in which position. the hook is easily removed from the bars of the rack.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a meat-rack, the combination, with ar rail, of a hook provided with a shank passingfy through said rail and carrying a T-head at its outer end and a Washer disposed in rear of the rail and provided with aT-shaped opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A meat-rack comprising a hook, a shank formed on the same provided with a T-shaped extension, a Washer provided with an inclined outer surface, and a T-shaped opening formed in the said Washer, through which the T- shaped extension of said shank is passed for locking and clalnping the said hook to the rail of said rack, substantially as described.

3. A meat-rack comprising a hook, a square shank 9, formed on the same and adapted to be inserted in a corresponding opening formed in the rail of the rack, a T-shaped extension formed on the said' shank, a washer 14, having an inclined fiat surface 15, and a T-shaped opening formed in the said inclined surface of the washer for receiving the T-shaped eX- tension formed on the said shank of the hook for locking and clamping said hooks to the rail of the rack. substantially as described.

4. A meat-rack comprising a hook, an enlargement 5, formed on the same, a square shank 9, formed on the said hook and adapted to be passed through a corresponding open` ing formed in the rail of the rack, decreased portion IO, formed on the said shank, a T- shaped extension Il, leading from the said decreased portion, extensions 12, formed by the said T-shaped extension 1l, beveled surfaces 13, formed on the said last-named extension, a Washer I4, having an inclined ila-t surface 15, a T-shaped opening formed in the said inclined surface for receiving the T-shaped eX- tension formed on the shank 9, and solid eX- tensions 19, formed on the said Washer and oppositely located, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FREDERICK SCIIRAUDNER.

Vitnesses: A

C. F. KEELER, ALFRED A. EIcKs. 

